Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Could Become World’s First Trillionaire and Nobody Seems Happy About It

File under “the rich get richer”: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — who already holds the title of the world’s richest person — is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, according to a months-old report that’s suddenly earned Bezos newfound scorn on Twitter.

The catch for Bezos, who founded the e-commerce giant in 1994, is that he’ll have to wait until 2026 to hit the trillion-dollar milestone, according to Comparisun, an Israeli firm offering services to small businesses. The firm made its projection based on how fast his net worth has grown in the last five years (an average of 34% per year). Bezos still has some work to do before reaching a $1 trillion net worth, with Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index pegging his fortune at $143 billion on Thursday.

Interestingly, Comparisun’s estimation came out months earlier, before Amazon’s stock, of which Bezos owns about 11% of all shares, rallied during the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s suddenly picked up steam in recent days, as several outlets have reported on the eye-catching number.

If Jeff Bezos paid his fair share of taxes and paid his workers a starting salary of 80k a year, gave them awesome healthcare, 6 weeks vacation, maternity leave, and sick pay, I might be slightly less disgusted by his trillionaire status.

Comparisun’s report projects several other uber-wealthy tycoons could become trillionaires in the semi-near future, including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma. The firm projects Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg could become the youngest trillionaire ever at the age of 51 in 2036.

It’s probably worth pointing out that there are currently only three companies worth more than $1 trillion: Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is nearing the trillion-dollar mark. And if you’re wondering who the world’s first billionaire was, that was John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, in 1916.